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Interview: NBCU’s Zalaznick: Adding iVillage To Bravo, Oxygen ‘Converse Of Synergy’ - 1 Comment
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Sun 11 May 2008 11:37 PM PST

Lauren Zalaznick, president, Women and Lifestyle Entertainment Networks builds brands. She also knows what it’s like to “auf” them—for instance, saying goodbye to Trio, the network she followed to NBC…

NBC Pulls The Curtain Up On Virtual Women’s Network; Plans Hyper-local Content Center In NYC - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Wed 07 May 2008 11:33 AM PST

NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) has finally launched Women@NBCU, its long-anticipated virtual female-targeted content and ad network. Also as expected (by us, at least), Lauren Zalaznick has been promoted to president,…

Interview: Beth Comstock, SVP-CMO, GE: NBCU’s Digital Mindset Has Been Changed - 2 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Mon 03 Mar 2008 12:27 PM PST

This time next week Beth Comstock will be reporting to work as SVP and CMO of GE, not president of integrated media for NBC Universal (NYSE: GE). Comstock, announced today…

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Changes At NBCU In Concert With Comstock’s Departure; More On Virtual Women’s Network - 1 Comment
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Mon 03 Mar 2008 09:14 AM PST

NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) is rolling up a batch of changes into one post-Beth Comstock announcement: Digital: As we reported earlier, the digital team now reports to Salil Mehta, president…

iVillage’s TV Show on NBC Shuts Down, Again - 1 Comment
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 18 Feb 2008 05:51 PM PST

iVillage’s feeble attempts at cross-synergies into TV via NBCU have been nipped again: The retooled iVillage Live, which was canceled last year due to low ratings, and relaunched and now…

iVillage Trims Staff By 4 Percent; Lays Off 13 Including Editor-In-Chief - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Tue 12 Feb 2008 06:36 PM PST

While we were watching for Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) layoffs, iVillage cut roughly 4 percent of its staff—13 jobs out of about 300. Those laid off across divisions include Editor-in-Chief Jennie…

CES: Interview: Beth Comstock, President, Integrated Media, NBCU: ‘Advertising Not The Only Model’ - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Fri 11 Jan 2008 12:25 AM PST

The setting: the bustling NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) booth in the Las Vegas Convention Center, a multi-million-dollar production complete with full-fledged television studio. Around the booth, areas that show off…

NBCU-Oxygen: Gaspin: Digital Brand Will Remain; Ability To Cross Sell With Bravo And iVillage - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Tue 09 Oct 2007 02:26 PM PST

Some more details on NBC Universal’s (NYSE: GE) planned $925 million acquisition of Oxygen Media from an interview this afternoon with Jeff Gaspin, president and COO of Universal Television Group:…

iVillage’s Retooling, Again; Glam’s $200 Million Hopes - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 12 Aug 2007 10:34 PM PST

iVillage’s retooling is almost complete, and NBCU (NYSE: GE) sincerely believes it will work this time, from the failed but now redone and soon-to-relaunch TV show iVillage Live, to the…

NBCU’s Zucker On NewSite, iVillage, CNBC - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Mon 30 Jul 2007 09:12 PM PST

NewSite/NewCo is on schedule for a September launch—and on target as part of NBCU’s digital strategy, according to NBCU CEO Jeff Zucker. “That part of our digital strategy we feel…

Updated: NBCU Invests In Sugar Publishing; iVillage Will Sell Blog Network’s Ads, Roll Up Numbers - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Tue 26 Jun 2007 09:16 PM PST

Update: The official version is out. Deborah Fine, president, iVillage Properties, talks about what Sugar adds: “young, trendsetting women who go online daily for gossip, advice and fashion.” NBC Universal…

Industry Moves: GE/NBCU: Gutkowski Joins iVillage As COO; Byrne To Manage Peacock Equity Fund - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Thu 21 Jun 2007 07:46 AM PST

iVillage: NBCU’s iVillage has hired Michael Gutkowski as COO; the COO slot has been empty since Ezra Kucharz left for Oberon Media in April. Gutkowski leaves Time Inc.’s Southern Progress,…

Industry Moves: iVillage COO Kucharz Leaving - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Tue 24 Apr 2007 01:00 PM PST

We’ve confirmed that Ezra Kucharz is leaving as COO of iVillage; he moved over to iVillage from SVP-digital innovation at NBC Universal last September. Expecting details about his next step…

NBCU’s Comstock Gets The NYP Treatment - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Wed 18 Apr 2007 08:44 PM PST

What to make of an NY Post story Wednesday taking potshots at NBCU’s Beth Comstock (complete with tabloid headline “Comstock’s Load")? Here’s one clue: anything negative is attributed only to…

Industry Moves: iVillage; News Corp.; TV Guide - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Mon 09 Apr 2007 11:42 AM PST

A host of moves from NBCU’s iVillage, described as “key appointments” to Deborah Fine’s leadership team: -- Gregg Zegras is promoted to SVP- consumer health, iVillage from SVP - iVillage…

iVillage Has Veteran Status But NBCU Version Still A Work In Progress - 1 Comment
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Mon 12 Mar 2007 09:30 PM PST

As it happens, I was looking at some iVillage metrics when a negative AdAge article about the site’s performance post-NBCU acquisition popped up on the radar. The headline Digital Darling…

NBCU’s Digital Team To Move To Englewood Cliffs, NJ; Room For 450 - 1 Comment
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Mon 12 Feb 2007 08:25 PM PST

Part of NBC Universal’s digital investment is going into a digital campus at the Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey where CNBC is produced. By the end of 2007, paidContent.org has confirmed,…

iVillage/NBC Sells Of Public Affairs Group Division To Working Mother Media - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 19 Dec 2006 05:49 PM PST

iVillage has done some trimming of its brand portfolio now that it is settled under NBCU: it has sold off its Public Affairs Group, including its Diversity Best Practices, Business…

SL Roundup: iVillage, Sundance, IBM - 1 Comment
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Thu 14 Dec 2006 02:04 PM PST

While some people focus on how many people actually have a Second Life, media and tech companies continue to populate the virtual world. Some of the new Second Life gigs:…

NBCU Roundup: DotComedy; iVillage; MSN - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Thu 09 Nov 2006 08:15 PM PST

NBC Universal has been busy churning out digital announcements that cover all the bases ... -- DotComedy goes live: NBCU’s entry in the crowded online comedy field is live and…

Industry Moves: New iVillage COO, CMO; IAC M&A; Google UK MD; IPC - 0 Comments
Posted By Jemima Kiss - Tue 12 Sep 2006 07:10 AM PST

NBCU iVillage: Ezra Kucharz has moved from his position as SVP of digital innovation at NBC Universal to become COO at iVillage. Kucharz was key to the iVillage acquisition, led…

Earning: GE’s NBCU Accelerated Digital In First Half 06; NBC 360 Helped Raise $300 Million In Upfron - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Sun 16 Jul 2006 03:08 PM PST

Finding meaningful financial data about online in most media earnings is hard enough but it’s like looking for the missing smallest nesting doll in the set when you’re dealing with…

Industry Moves: iVillage’s Naylor New SVP-NBCU Digital Media Sales - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Tue 20 Jun 2006 04:07 PM PST

Peter Naylor, who was SVP-sales for iVillage, takes a big step forward to SVP-NBCU Digital Media Sales; he’ll oversee all digital media sales company wide. In the new role, he’ll…

iVillage Shareholders Approve NBC Buyout - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Fri 12 May 2006 08:07 AM PST

It is done… iVillage stockholders have approved a $600 million takeover bid from NBC Universal. The merger was approved by 74% of the shares outstanding and 97% of the shares…

Earnings: iVillage’s Q1 Losses Widen; Revs Up - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 10 May 2006 02:06 PM PST

iVillage, which is in the process of being acquired by NBC Universal, reported its last earnings as an independent public company: in Q1, it posted a loss of $3 million…